Tom Ford Can't "Hang Out," But He Does Know How to Kill a Rattlesnake

Between directing Nocturnal Animals and cranking out designs for his namesake label, Tom Ford has a lot going on these days. His chosen methodology for planning his schedule, as he revealed to Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday night, is pretty much exactly what you'd expect from a man who is rarely seen in anything other than an impeccably tailored black suit.

FORD: My friends complain that I'm not "spontaneous." The thing that
flips me out is when someone calls and says, "Oh, let's hang out."
What is that? I don't know what "hang out" is. I can have dinner at
7:30. I can do that. But I can't "hang out." I don't know what that
is.

A VERY INCREDULOUS KIMMEL: There's never any hanging out?

FORD: Not unless I block it in my calendar as "9 o'clock: hang out."

Because of the cyclical nature of the fashion industry, Ford explained, he's generally booked out a year in advance. This at first sounds absurd, but given that the man takes the first of his three to five daily power baths beginning at 6 o'clock in the morning, perhaps it shouldn't be such a surprise after all.

What was surprising, though, was Ford's response when when the host asked about his preferred outfit while on set, particularly out in the desert where much of Nocturnal Animals takes place. The designer, who grew up in New Mexico and nonchalantly copped to shooting rattlesnakes and riding horses when he's back on the ranch, answered as follows: